Spec vs TruLens for Food
Spec
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| Figure | Spec | TruLens for Food |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $83.25/mo | £99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 6 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Inventory Management Software | 8.6 (#2) | 7.3 (#21) |
| Headquarters | Tennessee, United States | London, United Kingdom |
| Intended users | Spec presents its tools for bars and restaurants building and running food and beverage programs. | The wholesale offering is described for producers, manufacturers, distributors, bakeries, delis and businesses combining wholesale with retail. |
| Recipe costing | Recipes use product-library quantities to calculate associated ingredient costs, and recipes can be nested inside other recipes. | Recipes use a bill of materials and FIFO costing to calculate cost per unit and per dish. |
Plans
Spec
- Free PlanFree
- Spec Pro$99 a month
- Spec Pro (annual)$999 a year
- Spec Pro annual$999 a year
TruLens for Food
- Retail Starter£99 a month
- Retail Growth£149 a month
- Wholesale£199 a month
- Wholesale£250 a month
- CustomPriced on request
- Retail Multi-sitePriced on request
In their own words
Spec
Spec is an inventory management platform for food and beverage programs at bars and restaurants. Its product library stores information about what a business carries, while recipe tools calculate ingredient, labor and sub-recipe costs. Users can assemble menus from products and recipes and analyze pricing effectiveness. Spec can draft text or email orders and divide bulk orders by vendor. Staff can use the mobile app to view recipes, product details and training materials. The Pro plan adds digitized invoices, product price alerts and invoice reports. Spec offers a free plan at free, limited to 30 ingredient costings, 30 labor costings, 30 sub-recipes and 10 menus, with no stock counts. Spec Pro costs $99 a month or $999 a year and includes unlimited costing and menus, stock counts, multiple inventory locations, and invoice and price-change reporting. A 30-day trial is listed. The platform supports Android, iOS and web. Businesses can email an inventory spreadsheet for ingestion by Spec’s team.
TruLens for Food
TruLens for Food has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.